Flowerpot



Nov. 8, 192 7.

R. P. WHITE FLOWERPOT 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 `Filed. Aug. 22, 1924 figa? R. P. WHITE Nov. s, 1927.

FLOWERPOT 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 22, 1924 Patented Nov. 8, 1927.

UNITED STATES RICHARD IP. WHITE, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FLOWERPOT.

Application filed August 22, 1924, Serial No. 733,473.

This invention relates to receptacles and nore particularly to flower pots and the ike.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of new and improved means for connecting the pot to the saucer in which the pot is usually placed.

Earthen vessels, pots or other containers for house plants, hot house flowers and the like, are usually circular in form, and tapered toward their lower ends. A saucer is providedfor supporting the vessel and for receiving any excessive moisture that may escape through the hole that is usually provided in the bottom of the vessel. Owing to the small base of the pot the same is easily turned over, which often results in a broken pot and consequent loss of the plant. Furthermore, it is often desirable to move the pot and saucer from one position to another.

lAs the pots and saucers are usually constructed, they must be removed separately, which results in considerable inconvenience and often results in breaking the same in moving` them from one place to another.

In order to overcome these difficulties the present invention contemplates the use of new and improved means for connecting the pot and its saucer together.

Other objects of the invention are the pro vision of a new and improved earthen vessel comprising a flower pot and its saucer as a single unitary structure that is cheap to manufacture, simple in construction, easily assembled, efficient in use, and that is ornamental in appearance.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the fol-k lowing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a flower pot and saucer, with the invention in position therein, with partsy in section;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, with parts in section;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a flower pot and saucer, showing a modified form of the device;

Fig. t is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section of a different form of flower pot and saucer therefor, with a. corresponding different adaptation of the invention; n

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a flower vpot and saucer, showing a further modified form of the invention;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 8 is a section on line 8 8 0f Fig. 7

Fig. 9 is a side elevation of a fiower pot and saucer, showing a further modified form of the device;

lindrical portion 11 and the lower tapered portion 12, having the apertured bottom 13 therein. The usual saucer 14; is provided for receiving the pot. i

Suitable means are provided for securing the vsaucer to the pot whereby the pot and saucer are made to become a unitary struc ture. In the form of the device shown in Figs. 1 to 12, inclusive, the side walls of the pot and the saucer are lprovided with small openings or apertures through which suitable connecting members extend or engage for holding the saucer and pot in asseinbled relation. Since the vessels are of frangible material it is desirable as well as economical to provide the openings in the vessels while the material is .in the plastic state,

valthough it isundeistood that the openings may be made afterthe vessels have been subjectedto the drying or burning process in the kiln.

yIn the form of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2 ayplu'rality of alined apertures 15 and 16 are provided in the pot 10 and Saucer 14, respectively. Any suitable number `of series of these alined openings may be employed. As shown, two series are employed, arranged at right angles to each other. Securing means such as the wires 17 extend through the alined openings 15 and 16 and are fastenedin position in' any convenient manner. Preferably the outer ends 18 of the wires 17A are extended slightly at each end beyond the saucer, and given a sharp bend against the saucer, which will anchor vthe wire to the saucer and prevent it from number in the saucer. ln the `torni 'disclosed in vthese figures three apertures 19 in the pot with la corresponding number ol Vapertures 21`i1i the saucer, ar-

ranged 120O apart, are employed. Inv-these ligures the fastening means 22 which may bein the i'iorm of a wire entends through the pot and through two adjacent openings therein with its `central portion bent to form 'anangle 23`and has its ends bent downwardly and provided with means 'as the hooks 23a for engaging two adjacent openings in niemb er angle 23 the saucer. `The other fastening 25 has its inner end `secured to the as by means of the hook 26 and extends outwardly through the remainingV opening 1'9 in the pot.

Its outer portion is bent downwardly and its outer end is secured to the saucer as by means of the hook 27 that enga-ges the corresponding aperture 21in the saucer 14. By means of this arf rangement, the saucer may be very lirinly V,secured to the pot, since the wire25 may be so bent astotension the wire 22 tothe desired extent.

In Fig. 5 is shown a hangingllower pot 28 which is provided with the cords or the bolt-s 31, for suspending the p ot from a suitable support. The saucer 32 may beA and tor the purposeotl ornamentation pref erably is, supported from the pot 28. As

shown, the pot is provided in its lower portionwitli a plurality of apertures 33 and the saucer 82 is ,also4 provided with a corresponding number ot apertures 34. Fastening" means, as the wires 35, have their inner ends extending through the apertures 33 in said pot 28 and suitablylsecured therein as byv being bent sharply as at 36. The lower ends of the wires 35 are secured in the apertures V34 in any suitable manner, as by means of the hooks 37. Y I

In Figs.. 6, 7 ,and 8 the flower pot 10 and saucer 14 are provided with series ot apertures 3S and 39 respectively. These aper-` tures may be and preferably are n arranged iiisubstantially the same plane.

The tastening means for securing the two members `which may together are in the form oi rods or boltsf 41 be provided with heads 42 which are 'arranged to conform to the tapered sides et the potes clearly shown in Fig; 7."

The outer ends Vot the rods or bolts 41 are provided with nuts 43 which hold the rods Any suitable number of aper-V tures may be employed in the pot, with a corresponding the soil contained therein. i Itis thought fro fthe 'toregoingptalren in ln'the form of the device shown in Figs.

1() and 11 the saucer 14 is provided'with series ot apertures 44 and the 4flower pot number' `oi apertures 45 arranged in a plane above that of the apertures 44 in the saucer. rlhe ineanseinployed for securing the )pot to the" saucerconiprises a series of :fastening vlO isY also provided with` a corresponding1 elements such as `the wires 46 each havingw its upper end provided'witli-a-hoolr 47 iorengaging an aperture^45 in the-pot 10y and having its lower endV provided with ahook 48 :tor engaging an` aperture44 in the saucer 14.

f- The ffOlm 'of the device shown in Fig." 12T" differs from that shown" infFigs. 9, 10 and 11 .inthatthe apertures49`and 51 in the pot 10 "and saucer 14, respectivelyyare in substantially the sameplane. `The fastening'.

means, as Ythe 'wires`52,` each engages an aperture 49 and an aperture 51 and hasl its inner end bent downwardly against thein ner surface of thefpot and Vits outer lend against thef outer side of the saucer.

i lfidesired, the inner, outer or both sides ,of the saucer'niay be glazed so that it will Vchains 29 secured to the pot as bymeans of `hold water, whereby vegetation Iin the pot may be watered by pouring `water in the saucer, the porous natureof` the pot and the, holes therein permitting the `water to enter said pot to furnish siuiicieiit moisture" to connection with thezaccompanying drawings, that theconstructionlandoperation of device will beapparent to tlioseslrilled in theart`,` and thatfvariou's changes in size, shape, proportion and details et construction may be made without `departin'P from,n

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the spirit and scope of the appendedfclaims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In combination, au earthenwareower pot having side and bottoni wallsysaid side walls being provided with a series ot aperfV tures, an earthenwaie saucer for receiving said pot', said saucer being provided in its side wall with a series ot apertures corresponding to said tirstnained series ot apertures, and means engaging said apertures for. holding said pot and saucer in assembled reeinen. 2.111 combination, an earthenware flower potha-ving side and bottom wal-ls, a saucer for receiving said pot, vsaid peta-nd saucer being provided with alined apertures, a Wirey gaging said openings in said saucer and side extending through said apertures and having Walls for holding said pot and saucer memits ends bent to engage the outer periphery bers in assembled relation.

of said saucer for holding said pot and sau- 4. In combination, a flower pot, asaucer lb 5 cer in assembled relation. n therefor, a plurality of apertures extending 3. In combination, a pot member having through the sidewalls of said pot and saubot-tom and side Walls, said side Walls being cer, and a plurality of straight Wires extendprovided with a plurality of openings, a sauing through said apertures and having bent eer member beneath said pot member, said ends for .retaining the pot and saucer in as- 20 10 saucer member being provided With a plusembled relation.

ralit-y or' openings therein, and means en- RICHARD P. WHITE. 

